Brazilian composer Hermeto Pascoal, known as 'The Sorcerer', dies aged 89 reut.rs/41PaRCS

A well-paid, four-year PhD position in political theory/philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, to work primarily with my wonderful colleagues Lillian Cicerchia and Paul Raekstad, and also a bit with yours truly. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

I found that place to start cutting government spending...

I feel like i can breathe a bit better already www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the Brazilian national public health service employs 2.5 million people. For comparison, Walmart employs (globally) 2.1 million.

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).

Will join the research team “The crisis of philosophy in the 1930s” led by Guillaume Fréchette (Geneva) and Mario Porta (São Paulo).

42-month funded postdoctoral fellowship in Brazil.

My first book is out! And you can download it for free for the next 4 weeks. It's on knowing what it is like to do something (what kind of knowledge is this, how do we acquire it, and when if ever can we share it with other people). #philsky #philosophy #epistemology doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Since bsky is taking off I'm gonna repost the best thing I ever made.

🧵SALT🧵
It's been snowing in the UK and the road gritters are out in force, begging the question:
Have you ever wondered where that grit actually COMES from?
The answer is more magical, beautiful and fascinating than you probably realised.
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Call to action: national demonstration against budget cuts in HE, Nov 25 in The Hague. English text follows Dutch in link.
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“Consensus at COP29? (Bitch Better Have My Money)”

I try to see the big picture of negotiations at COP by building on work from the good people at Carbon Brief.

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Philosophers at family gatherings

officieel statement van de coalitie van organiserende partijen van de afgelaste demonstratie van donderdag 14 november.
Maar we gaan morgen naar de Tweede Kamer met onze speeches, en lokaal gaat het protest in alternatieve vormen door. En de demonstratie komt er binnenkort alsnog!

I like it that many of Singer's book covers just feature him looking as if he knows what you're thinking.

Two more days to submit an abstract to our conference at the end of April!